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Virtual Chemistry

— Oxford University

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How It Works

Oxford University’s online chemistry offerings include this collection of "virtual experiments" in a number of areas, along with a complete online "pre-university chemistry course." While the entire collection may be more than most secondary teachers can use, the individual components - with lots of animations and video - are well worth a look, especially if your laboratory resources are limited.

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Tag(s): experiments,

Universal Currency Converter

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8-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.xe.com/ucc/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:48 share

How It Works

While currency exchange rates aren’t part of every math curriculum, this site can illustrate both the changing relationships among currencies and the wide range of international currencies with which international traders must contend. Try this one as fodder for some interesting algebra word problems.

In the Classroom

This site would be great in a geography or World History classroom, helping students review for a final assessment. Have students "plan" a trip to some of the places/times studied in your class. Have them maintain a budget with their trip, and use this site to help students translate their financial dealings to have it all make sense. This is a great way to get students thinking about the mechanics of travel, as well as a great way to review the geography of the places being studied - both culturally and physically.

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Tag(s): currency, money, money,

Engineering Brain Ticklers -Tau Beta Pi

— Tau Beta Pi

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How It Works

Find yourself some serious puzzlers before heading off to solve the problems on this site maintained by an engineering honor society. While several of the problems at least appear to be solvable by mere mortals, others are clearly targeted to the pros. We offer these for secondary teachers who may be working with students interested in advanced math, logic, and physics. The site is drawn from a print publication, and answers are posted quarterly.

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Tag(s): puzzles,

Columbia Report

— NASA

8-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/index.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:48 share

How It Works

This is the home page for the final report on the Shuttle Columbia disaster. The report has received significant attention because it calls on NASA to reform and bolster many of the safety and management practices which, according to the report, have remained deficient for many years.

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Tag(s): space, space,

PLUS Magazine

— Cambridge University

8-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://plus.maths.org/index.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:48 share

How It Works

Created and published at Cambridge University, PLUS is an online magazine about mathematics. While many of the topics are esoteric, the writing attempts to make the presentations – and math in general – appealing and interesting even to those who aren’t mathematicians. At this it does a surprisingly good job. This one’s worth a look, especially for teachers interested in novel ways of teaching math.

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DNA Interactive

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8-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.dnai.org/index.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:48 share

How It Works

This site offers secondary students an extensive exposure to genetics, DNA and gene sequencing, and the problems and procedures that have been tackled to advance current DNA science to its current state. This is a rich resource that could almost serve as a complete tutorial, but teachers will more likely want to use it as a reference tool to supplement classroom or textbook presentations. You’ll need strong readers to work through this one.

In the Classroom

Use the interactive timeline as a learning center. Have students tour the timeline, with the purposes of finding what they think are the 10 most important events in the history of DNA. Have students create a multimedia presentation of their top 10 events using UtellStory, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14414">reviewed here</a>. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate their photos as if it is a news report. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try PikWizard, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18307">reviewed here</a>.

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Tag(s): dna, genetics,

Global Warming FAQ

— NOAA

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How It Works

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration page delivers the who, what, why, when, and how of Global Warming. Based on a brief summary of the 2001 Intergovernmental Report on Climate change, this site provides very useful background information on Global Warming. A good place to start for more in-depth research on the topic.

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Tag(s): climate, ozone, climate, ozone,

National Science Bowl

— US Department of Energy

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How It Works

Here is an interesting link for high-school teachers looking to provide students with a chance to engage in academic competition based on scientific topics such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, earth, computer, and general science. The site has information on the competition, as well as instructions on how to get involved.

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Tag(s): competitions,

Geology Image Gallery

— University of North Carolina

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How It Works

Originally intended for use in introductory college geology courses, this site has a catalogue of geology images that may also be helpful for high school geology teachers seeking to illustrate scientific phenomena.

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Tag(s): rocks, minerals, images, geology,

Science, Art, &amp; Technology

— Art Institute of Chicago

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How It Works

This Art Institute of Chicago site is an intriguing resource for high school fine-arts teachers looking to supplement their curriculum by studying science and technology’s application in the art world. The site can also be used by chemistry and technology teachers looking to expand students’ understanding of science’s real life applications. The site has multi-media lecture resources, as well as lesson plans on a range of topics, including the Chemistry and Physics of Light and color, and chemical oxidation’s effect on paint color.

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Tag(s): art history,
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